CLARKSVILLE -- Agents with the 5th Judicial District Drug Task Force, in conjunction with the Arkansas Department of Community Punishment, Clarksville police and Johnson County Sheriff's authorities, arrested four persons last week on charges related to possession or manufacture of controlled substances.

According to DTF director Larry Johnson, a man was arrested June 26 in Clarksville on a Pope County outstanding warrant for alleged manufacture of a controlled substance and violation of parole, as well as a Clarksville police warrant for alleged possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The man had to be subdued by arresting officers after he reportedly attempted to flee the residence and authorities.

Bond was set at $100,000 on the man during a June 27 bond hearing by Russellville District Judge Don Bourne at the Pope County Detention Center in Russellville. In Clarksville, Johnson County Judge Len Bradley set bond at $10,000 after he was transported back to the detention center in Russellville.

Two men and a woman were arrested in Hartman by authorities and were cited for felon in possession of a firearm, manufacture of a controlled substance (marijuana) and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture methamphetamine.

The trio received bond amounts of $10,000 each from Judge Bradley.

DANVILLE -- An Ola man and woman were arrested by Yell County authorities and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia to manufacture methamphetamine.

According to Sheriff Bill Gilkey, the 48-year-old man and 47-year-old woman were arrested June 20 after they had been under observation by authorities the previous week. Ola police officer Michael Nuckols stopped the two in a 1984 Cadillac on State Highway 10 east of Ola. They were interviewed separately by Yell County authorities, and their vehicle was searched. Materials used in the production of methamphetamine and controlled substances were located inside the Cadillac, according to a report.

The man eventually gave authorities consent to search his residence, where several items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine were discovered, police said. Bond was set at $10,000 each during a bond hearing, while the man was on parole from a previous controlled substance charge and has been issued a return warrant to the Arkansas Department of Correction.

Law enforcement personnel involved in the investigation, the sheriff said, included officers of the Yell County Sheriff's Department and Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Ola Police Department and 15th Judicial District Drug Task Force.